The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-22

belongs to God and not to the Loyal
Leagne. He who can be truly called
disioyaI is he who is in rebellion against
the Creator of the earth. II the Lord
ever divided the loyal and disloyal, 1t
would not be one-third that would be
saved, but one out of a thousand. All
have an opportunity to embrace the
gospel; all will have chance to remain
loyal to God and His purposes. There
are those who rebel here who Will OBEY
the gospel beyond the veil. The prodl-
gal sons repentance was cited 10 snow
that the late repentance was acknow-
lodged and the rejoicing was great. The
glories of the celes tial world and their
several grades were mentioned by the
speaker. and while the line OF salvation
was drawn at the smallest star. the ex-
altation differed according to the DRILL
ance of the stars. The authority OF God
was eternal; the government OF God ex-
tended over everything; His power gov
erned, through the priesthood, every
individual. 1t was through this that
what was bound on earth was pounu III
he ayen. 1t was Gods right to rule On
the earth; and though he allowed men
to rebel now, the time would come When
he would assert His authority. The Ut
Tie stone cut out of the mountains with
out hands had been set rolling and the
images would be broken in pieces. IL
VIII not be many years, Elder Nelson
SAID, before the God-defylng power
would be swept from the earth. For
believing this, for praying, Thy king
dom come" and for looking Tor the
coming of the Redeemer, the Saints
were called traitors. Because they were
preparing for this, need they rebel
20 lavrc Of tho M
not against laws that are laws. The
Saints believed that God ordained the
Constitution, and also that its provl-
sions should be observed and revered. 1t
was only by saying their religion was
not religion that it could be said they
were traitors. So it has been since the
world began. Jesus came in direct OPP
position to the laws of man, and
he changed them. He said it was once
an eye for an eye. 1t was claimed He
was the Savior and had right to change
the laws. 1t was so with Joseph Smith.
He told the Saints to obey the laws of
the land. The temporal and spiritual
power would, ere long, be united. The
time would come when there would be
no United States, no England, no
France, no other country, when the
kingdoms of this world would become
the kingdoms of Christ. The Saints
were counseled to obedience, taught to
obey counsel; they were required to do
so with their eyes open. None were re-
said he went on a mission because God
revealed to him that it was His will +. He
once asked a prominent Catholic what
he would do if called by the Pope to go
on mission. He said he would tell the
Pope to go to he'll. He related cir
cumstance of visiting lady, who had
been baptized in Virginia fifteen years
ago; she had heard but one sermon. in
her life. He was anxious to know if she
understood the gospel, and conversed
with her to that end. There was no dis
agreement. She had received that
same spirit possessed by those 5000
miles from her, thus showing she
and they had been baptized into
one spirit. The diyjnes of the
world interpreted scripture diff
ferently. butEall the Saints were uni
ted, and it was this union which caused
them to render what the world called
blind" obedience. One revivalist he
heard advocating the idea that people IN
the next world had white wings, with
white robes, thummedlon harps. The
idea was sublime; but according to the
speaker, it would be only a mob of
harps, angels and wi gs. This he didn't
believe in, but believed there would be
order, and order was the result of obedi-
ance. The Saints were not preparing to
fly around the great white throne; but
for system of perfect government, and
to obey the priesthood, because the
priesthood was perfect in its organiZa-
ton. If men called the speaker dis
loyal or traitor Tor seeking first the
kingdom of God, he could stand it. The
time would come, and too quickly tor
many, when it would be discovered who
were the loyal and who the dlsloyal
Amen.
Singing by the choir and benediction
by Elder William jeff.